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Adrian Pearson

Adrian Pearson

North East councils advise minimum unit price for alcohol

THE Chancellor should stand by tough alcohol pricing plans, North East councils have warned.Read

Single council authority needed to bring jobs from abroad to North East

SOME of the region’s largest development firms have warned the North East will be squeezed out if councils do not unite to bid for foreign cash.Read

Public sector expecting an attack on North East pay packets

GEORGE Osborne is expected to launch a new attack on public sector wages today.Read

Universities ‘must widen talent pool’ says Alan Milburn

THE man charged with improving social mobility in Britain has called on universities to consider more than A-level results when deciding on the future of North East pupils.Read

Hopes grow for North East cash boost ahead of Budget speech

CHANCELLOR George Osborne is expected this week to open up billions of pounds in Whitehall spending to regions such as the North East.Read

North East councils join forces in chase for Government cash

NORTH East council leaders have dropped two years of infighting to form a legally binding combined authority bidding for millions of pounds in Government cash.Read

Newcastle MP Chi Onwurah questions Tesco links of councillor Greg Stone

SUPERMARKET chain Tesco have been asked what work they secured from a councillor at the centre of a lobbying row.Read

Ed Miliband calls for creation of new regional banking system

ED Miliband has said a Labour government would create a North East bank to help struggling firms access much-needed finance.Read

Legal probe on Lib Dem councillor Greg Stone is demanded

AN official complaint has been handed in to council standards chiefs over a councillor’s planning lobbying.Read

MP Guy Opperman takes schools pension row to Commons

SCHOOLS in Northumberland are facing punitive and politically motivated fees when looking to improve results by converting to academies, an MP has claimed.Read

Top Newcastle councillor Greg Stone accused of hypocrisy

AN under-fire councillor has been accused of hypocrisy over his role with a firm bidding to put hundreds of houses on the green belt in the North East.Read

Cuts to legal aid advice will 'jeopardise well-being of most vulnerable'

LEGAL aid cuts are set to see more than 11,000 people in the North East “denied access to justice” ministers have been warned.Read

Heaton councillor Greg Stone urged to quit over help for developers

CALLS have been made for the resignation of a leading councillor who offered “tricks of the trade” for companies wanting planning permission.Read

Newcastle Central Station to get £8m landmark modernisation

VISITORS to Newcastle will be greeted with a new look Central Station. More than £8m will be spent changing the face of the station as East Coast promises to make the Victorian city centre building one of its flagship stops.Read

Newcastle City Council £100m cuts package passed under high security

A £100m council cuts package was last night passed at a heavily guarded Newcastle Civic Centre.Read

North East councils call for more time on National planning policy

MINISTERS are today urged to halt a “planning free- for-all” set to hit the North East as a result of council planning failures.Read

Think tank director warns North East of dependency on Nissan

THE North East has been warned to be cautious of its dependency on Nissan as experts look at the economic and political threats to the region.Read

Michael Gove singles out North East schools failing children

EDUCATION Secretary Michael Gove has singled out the North East schools he says are failing children.Read

Arts Council head says he fought Newcastle's 100% cuts

THE head of the Arts Council has said he fought Newcastle’s 100% cuts to “essential cultural services” to prevent the city creating a national precedent.Read

Review: Otello, Newcastle Theatre Royal

OPERA North’s take on Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s Othello might not sound on paper the most accessible of shows, but it is rather good.Read

Author Profile

Adrian Pearson is The Journal's Regional Affairs Correspondent. He specialises in North East governance and has been at The Journal since 2007.

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